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'The Power of the Dog' and 'Dune' lead this year's Oscar race

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Lisa Richwine, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Power of the Dog rtr" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/02/08/20220208-the-power-of-the-dog-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>The 78th Venice Film Festival - Screening of the film &#x27;The Power of the Dog&#x27; in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Venice, Italy September 2, 2021 - Director Jane Campion, actor Benedict Cumberbatch and actor Kirsten Dunst pose. <em>REUTERS/Yara Nardi</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES — Dark Western &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot; led the field of this year&#x27;s Academy Awards contenders on Tuesday with 12 nominations for the Netflix Inc film, ahead of the 10 nods for science-fiction epic &quot;Dune.&quot;</p><p>Both will compete for the prestigious best picture trophy against drama &quot;Belfast,&quot; about a family living amid sectarian conflict in late 1960s Northern Ireland; deaf community film &quot;CODA;&quot; and &quot;Don&#x27;t Look Up,&quot; a darkly comic allegory about climate change.</p><p>Other best picture nominees included Japanese drama &quot;Drive My Car,&quot; &quot;King Richard,&quot; about the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams; coming-of-age story &quot;Licorice Pizza;&quot; thriller &quot;Nightmare Alley;&quot; and Steven Spielberg&#x27;s remake of the classic musical &quot;West Side Story.&quot;</p><p>Jane Campion became the first woman nominated twice for best director with her nod for &quot;Power of the Dog.&quot; She was a contender for her 1993 film &quot;The Piano,&quot; but lost out that year to Spielberg, who won for &quot;Schindler&#x27;s List.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Power of the Dog&quot; also received nominations across the top acting categories for stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst.</p><p>Also in the running for lead acting honors are Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem for playing TV comedy couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in &quot;Being the Ricardos.&quot; Will Smith was nominated for the title role in &quot;King Richard,&quot; along with Andrew Garfield for biographical musical &quot;Tick, Tick ... Boom!&quot; and Denzel Washington for &quot;The Tragedy of Macbeth.&quot;</p><p>Kristen Stewart will compete for best actress for her portrayal of Princess Diana in &quot;Spencer.&quot; The other best actress nominees were Jessica Chastain for &quot;The Eyes of Tammy Faye,&quot; Olivia Colman in &quot;The Lost Daughter&quot; and Penelope Cruz for &quot;Parallel Mothers.&quot;</p><p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that hands out the Oscars, will reveal the winners at a live ceremony in Hollywood on March 27.</p><p>Following is the list of key nominations:</p><div><strong>BEST PICTURE</strong></div><ul>	<li>&quot;Belfast&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;CODA&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;Don&#x27;t Look Up&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;Drive My Car&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;Dune&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;King Richard&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;Licorice Pizza&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;Nightmare Alley&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li>	<li>&quot;West Side Story&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>BEST ACTOR</strong></div><ul>	<li>Javier Bardem - &quot;Being the Ricardos&quot;</li>	<li>Benedict Cumberbatch - &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li>	<li>Andrew Garfield - &quot;tick, tick...BOOM!&quot;</li>	<li>Will Smith - &quot;King Richard&quot;</li>	<li>Denzel Washington - &quot;The Tragedy of Macbeth&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>BEST ACTRESS</strong></div><ul>	<li>Jessica Chastain - &quot;The Eyes of Tammy Faye&quot;</li>	<li>Olivia Coleman - &quot;The Lost Daughter&quot;</li>	<li>Penelope Cruz - &quot;Parallel Mothers&quot;</li>	<li>Nicole Kidman - &quot;Being the Ricardos&quot;</li>	<li>Kristen Stewart - &quot;Spencer&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>BEST DIRECTOR</strong></div><ul>	<li>Paul Thomas Anderson - &quot;Licorice Pizza&quot;</li>	<li>Kenneth Branagh - &quot;Belfast</li>	<li>Jane Campion - &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li>	<li>Ryusuke Hamaguchi - &quot;Drive My Car&quot;</li>	<li>Steven Spielberg - &quot;West Side Story&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</strong></div><ul>	<li>Ciaran Hinds - &quot;Belfast&quot;</li>	<li>Troy Kotsur - &quot;CODA&quot;</li>	<li>Jesse Plemmons - &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li>	<li>J.K. Simmons - &quot;Being the Ricardos&quot;</li>	<li>Kodi Smit-McPhee - &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</strong></div><ul>	<li>Jessie Buckley - &quot;The Lost Daughter&quot;</li>	<li>Ariana DeBose - &quot;West Side Story&quot;</li>	<li>Judi Dench - &quot;Belfast&quot;</li>	<li>Kirsten Dunst - &quot;The Power of the Dog&quot;</li>	<li>Aunjanue Ellis - &quot;King Richard&quot;</li></ul><div><strong>Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Jonathan Oatis</strong></div>

Netflix's dark Western 'The Power of the Dog' led the field of this year's Academy Award contenders, landing 12 nominations on Tuesday, including one for the prestigious best picture trophy.

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'The Power of the Dog' and 'Dune' lead this year's Oscar race

Lisa Richwine,

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Published Feb 08, 2022 10:44 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 09, 2022 12:37 AM PHT

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